REVIEWS

The 5 apps I reviewed are Elements, Mathboard, Coaster Physics,Bubble Ball and Molecules. Elements helps you study the periodic table. This can help you in physics for learning about compounds isotopes and etc. Mathboard helps you practice math problems. you can use it to pratice up on new things you learned. Coaster Physics helps you learn about kinetic and potentual energy and the laws of motion. Bubble Ball helps you with solving problems with the pieces you get. Molecules helps you learn about how molecules structure together to build things.

BrainPOP is a free app that uses videos to show and tell us information. The information ranges from math, science, and some forms of history. The strengths of this app come from its price, especially because it’s free. It is very easy to use and is very appealing in structure. The topics can still be somewhat limited because the videos range only from three to five minutes. Still, new information and videos update all the time, so the possibilities are endless. Afterwards, there’s a quiz waiting for you to show what you learned.

Bubble ball is a great game for students. It’s fun as well as educational. The physics and science of this game is spot on, and really puts perspective on gravity, angles, and force in many different ways. The strengths of this game really come from the easy playability of the game, but as the game progresses it get more and more difficult continually. The weakness of this app is that after a while the game becomes extremely difficult and doesn’t give much help. Overall, this game is one of the best around for a simple physics app.

The dictionary app is a great useful tool for any class to use. This app is a good source of information and definitions. If you are reading a difficult book or article and do not understand the words being used, then this app has the help you need. There are no weaknesses to this sweet app. The strengths are all in the wide variety of sources this dictionary uses. Any classroom could have a lesson using this app, and it’s free too!

The YouTube app has to be the best app out of all the apps out today. The YouTube app gives access to millions upon millions of videos about any topic. You can subscribe, like/dislike, and comment on videos/users with an account that you can use on the app. The tabs are very organized and include a search tab, favorites, most liked, and most viewed. The possible uses for this topic in a classroom are infinite, and this app is free with your device.

The Diigo app is the perfect tool for researching topics. Articles that you may find can be bookmarked for future reference. The biggest downside is the availability is only for the iPad. You can also keep up on certain topics and news articles with a created Diigo account. Another reason to consider this app is because it’s free! What else do you want?

TED + Subtitles- I like this app because it gives you the videos that you can watch online on your iPad. It has a great setup and it is easy to navigate. Dictionary- This app is great because it allows the user to look up any word, in one easy location, without opening a book dictionary. MathBoard- I liked this app a lot because it is very quick and easy and it will also help you to review on your math skills. Pages- This is an awesome app because they made it very similar to the program that is on the Macs, and it is great because you don’t have to be on your desktop to make a document. SpanishDict- I liked this app because it is very easy to get the right translation and you don’t have to use your desktop computer to go to google translate, it is quick and easy for Spanish students.

Brainpop-I like this app because the videos are really good summaries on topics of all sorts. It gives you good ideas of what these things are. Elements-This is a good app especially for chemistry students. It gives you basic information of all the elements in the periodic table in one location, making research much easier. Molecules-This was not a very helpful app. It showed you the structure of a few molecules but did not specify on what was what. It was very basic and only looked cool. It wasn�t very practical for education. Wind Tunnel-This was a stupid app. It had no goal and just made cool little lines. Bubble Ball-Not a bad game. It got pretty frustrating at points but was pretty fun all in all.

** Cstr Physics: ** This is a tool that teaches you about different kinds of energies by using a roller coaster. Its very fun and i would recommended it to anyone who likes physics.

**Bubble Ball:** This is a fun game to play in your free time. It requires a lot of strategy and thought to play it. At times though, it can be very frustrating when you can't beat a level, but don't give up!

** Garage Band: ** Garage Band is a music/beat generating system that you can uses to generate sounds and beats by playing a variety of different sorts of instruments.

** The Elements: ﻿ ** This is one of my favorite apps on the iPad. It uses the iPad's interface to create an interactive Periodic Table of the Elements. You can look at pictures of them, learn their qualities and facts about them.

**World Atlas:** ﻿This is basically what its called. Its an electronic atlas that you can uses while driving, or you just want to learn about other countries. When you select a country it will tell you facts and stats about that country.

Cstr Physics- I like this app because it combines engineering and physics. It is also a lot of fun to build the roller coasters. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Bubble Ball- Good app if you’re bored. Can get frustrating sometimes though. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Dragon Dictation- This app is good for taking notes if you are close to the teacher. It records what they say so you don’t have to take notes. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Puppet Pals- This is a good app if you like making plays and stuff. It could also be useful in the class room because we used it to make our PSA. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">New York Times- I liked this because you can set it to notify you of important current events. Plus you only have to buy it once instead of paying for the paper.

The iPad is a revolution to both the social aspect of the world, and the educational. Looking at these 5 apps, I can see how the iPad can be used for education as well as having a little fun. Take ChemApp Lite for example. This app is a game that teaches you about different elements. I like this app because it allows us to learn and have fun all at the same time. Like many people I enjoy having fun. The games on the iPad are a great way to relax and have fun. One game I got to play on the iPad was Bubble Ball. This was a great game that made you think before you jump into it. I know I am not alone in liking this game listening to the other reactions in the class. Another great app was Coaster Physics. This app allowed us to create a roller coaster, while teaching us about the physics of the coaster such as speed and acceleration. Not only did we get to create the coaster, but we got to ride it as well! In my opinion, the greatest app we got was an app called Wind Tunnel. The app allowed you to move wind by adding your own creativity and ideas into the wind itself. The last app I am here to review is GarageBand. I liked this app because even if you are not good at music, you can still create music that is new and exciting using a variety of instruments.

Bubble Ball- Bubble ball is a very fun game that involves alot of thinking. It also involves problem solving skills as well as strategy. Bubble ball is also very addicting and can make you very mad because of how hard the game is. Overall, it is a very splendid game.

Demolition Physics- Desmolition Physics is a very fun game that involves the use of explosives. You blow up blocks with different types of explosives. It doesn't really teach you anything. I don't think this app is for school purposes, more just for fun and entertainment.

Math Board- Math Board is a very complex and fun game. You can make your own math problems and solve them. This app requires alot of brain power beause it requires you to solve very complex math problems. Overall, this is a great app.

Coaster Physics- Coaster Physics is very fun and takes alot of knowledge to operate. This app lets you create your own roller coaster and measure the kinetic and potential energy of the ride. This app will help you alot in science and how to build a roller coaster.

FormulasLite- FormulasLite is a app that asks you questions about different formulas. This app will help you in Chemistry as well as other science classes. This app is very complex and you need to know alot about chemicals to operate this app. Overall, this is a great app for school.molecules: I thought his was a helpful app. I was able to understand molecules better with a 3D view. However, the molecule options were limited.

bubble ball: A very addicting game causing much frustration. it is nearly impossible to stop playing.

uzu: This is another pointless time wasting app. With it, you control tiny multicolor dots and push and pull them in any direction.

Demolition physics: this is a game involving cubes, enormous explosions, and of course giant monkeys. There is no real objective in this game except to demonstrate the flammability of primates and show that explosions blow things up.

Coaster physics; I thought this app was extremely interesting and educational. It allowed you to design a roller coaster to demonstrate the laws of physics. It allowed you to observe KE, PE, and acceleration during the ride to see how roller coasters work in real life. The most useful classroom app that would benefit any student would be Writepad. This app can be used to write your notes directly on the ipad and the it will read your writing then convert it to a text format. By using this you can limit your note books and help keep yourself organized.

The one step up from Writepad is Dictation. This app will record your voice and then write it out for you in a text format. This would be useful when Mr. Glenn starts to ramble during history class. The problem with the app is that you have to speak very clearly for it to effectively recognize your voice.

NPR is a good app that is useful in keeping up with the newest news, music, and arts. They do a very good job on portraying the stories in an interesting way. They keep the stories short while still giving you all the facts. The only problem is that since they’re always updating the stories don’t stay on for long.

One of the more fun apps is Bubble Ball. With this app its fun and entertaining while displaying the concepts of physics and action reaction circumstances.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Lastly and one that might be more effective during latter high school years is Calculus. This app will display problems that you put into the system. This would be effective for tutoring with homework and tricky problems.

Bubbleball- Bubble ball is a very intersting game. It takes a lot of concentration and focus to complete which is good for school. You have to have patience to complete the game this is a good atribute for a student.

Demolition physics- This game will help with geometry and physics. Its fun and educatinal. I would enjoy doing it for a school assighnment.

Coaster physics- this game/simulator is great. it shows the gforce and speed of the roller coaster. This would be very useful in a science classroom.

Quick graph- This is probably the most useful app on here. Everybody needs to graph stuff and this is a quick version. It is easy to use and has many uses for math classrooms.

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 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: super;">Demolition Physics-This app lets you experience how explosions affect a structure. You could use this in a science class. This is a fun way to learn
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 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: super;">Cstr Physics-This app lets you build and edit roller coasters. After building you can test it. The test records Energy Speed and a lot more useful stuff. this can be used in Sciece classes
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: super;">Google Earth-This lets you look at pictures that were taken buy satalites and put together makeing a map. you can use nthis for research on travel and even look at mars.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: super;">Dictionary-This app is self explanitory. Its a dictionary! Use it any time on your iPad

I looked into five apps: Safari, Pages, Google Earth, Chem App Lite, and the New York Times. On Safari, I looked at espn.com and my wikispaces page. On my wikispace, I had to do Weekly World News for my history class and it was very easy to read and type my replies. I used pages to type this in rough draft version. I liked how I had many options to change things about my paper. Pages made it very easy to type and edit my typing. Google Earth was very cool. I enjoyed how I could use multi-touch to rotate, select, and zoom in on Earth. Chem App Lite was quite helpful because I can practice my ions and chemical formulas on there. This app could be very helpful for me to practice for Mr. Dow's chemistry final. Finally, the New York Times was amazing. The font was so crisp and clear even when I would zoom in on sentences. It was easy to read and it can keep me involved with current events because I saw many news stories that I found interesting.

IPAD REVIEWS NATHAN ARNOLD <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> 1) Flash Cards Plus: This is a great app for studying and for getting down notes in class. The sets are organized in a neat fashion and each card within can either be seen in list or power point form. You can add pictures to each one. Also, you can add a check mark to cards that you better understand and can test yourself on how well you know them. This would be very useful because it would make making note cards faster and less cost to the student because they wouldn’t have to buy the cards. RATING: 9/10 <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> 2) Auditorium: This app is extremely handy because it allows a student to record anything that a teacher is saying. It would be very useful to be able to record the lecture for later and to be able to write notes of your own. This is one of those apps that makes me want to get and iPad. No joke. This app is full of intuition. Every thing is very organized and VERY user friendly. RATING: 10/10 3) The elements: Are you one of those people that gets scared every time they have to go to chemistry class? Well fear no more for the “the elements” is here to solve all of your elemental difficulties. This app features a fully interactive periodic table of the elements and multiple visual aids for each elements and quite a lengthy description of each one. RATING:10/10 <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> 4) Uzu: This is a game in which you drag your finger around the screen to create amazing visual effects. You can also freeze the screen every time you lift your finger to take a picture. It looks as if your finger is shooting sparks. Although this is not an educational app, it sure is very fun and if it is free, it is definitely worth the get. RATING: 7/10 The reason is that it is not an educational app and has no real purpose, it’s just fun. <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> 5) Bubble Ball: This is a fun game because you have to really think. You start out with a ball that is hanging in the air and you get lots of different pieces that either go with gravity or stay in place. You’re objective is to get te ball into and objective marker using the pieces you are given. It is a fun tim waster and is also fun because